Emacs: Insert HTML Tag

This page show you how to insert HTML tags.

Insert Html Tag

Alt+x html-mode, then:

Tag	key	command name
<h1>	【Ctrl+c 1】	html-headline-1
<h2>	【Ctrl+c 2】	html-headline-2
<p>	【Ctrl+c Enter】	html-paragraph
<hr>	【Ctrl+c Ctrl+c -】	html-horizontal-rule
<ul>	【Ctrl+c Ctrl+c u】	html-unordered-list
<li>	【Ctrl+c Ctrl+c l】	html-list-item

For a complete list, Alt+x describe-mode 【Ctrl+h m】.

Insert Closing Tag

Alt+x sgml-close-tag 【Ctrl+c /】

Insert Custom Tag

Put this in your emacs init file:

(defun insert-p-tag ()
  "Insert HTML markup <p></p>."
  (interactive)
  (insert "<p>\n</p>")
  (backward-char 5))

Select the above code, then Alt+x eval-region. Then, Alt+x insert-p-tag will insert your custom tag, and your cursor point will be placed in between the beginning and ending tags.

You should give it a key. [see Emacs: How to Define Keys]

You can edit above code so that it will insert any tag that you like.

If you have more than a few custom tags or templates, a better way to insert templates is abbrev mode.

[see Emacs: Abbrev Mode]

Wrap Tag Around the Word or Selection

Emacs: Wrap HTML Tags

Insert a Link

Alt+x html-href-anchor 【Ctrl+c Ctrl+c h】 → Emacs will then ask you to type a URL, then insert it with the closing </a>, with your cursor placed before the ending tag so that you can type the link text.

Alternatively, see:

Emacs: URL to Link Command

Insert Img Tag

Alt+x html-image 【Ctrl+c Ctrl+c i】 then type the URL for the image.

Alternatively, see:

Emacs: HTML Image Path to Img Tag

Insert HTML Table

See Emacs: Lines to HTML Table